On behalf of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH implemented 2012 the CETREGIO programme, a Chinese European Training on Regional Policy. Participants included representatives from China and European Union member states. This was done within the framework of the European Parliament’s preparatory action to enhance regional and local co-operation by promoting EU regional policy on a global scale. As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development, including human capacity development for good governance and regional development and policies.